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"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" is a line from his 1711 "Essay on Criticism" |
Alexander Pope
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POETRY |
2024-02-09 |
#9035 |
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"'Restore the lock!' she cries; and all around 'Restore the lock!' the vaulted roofs rebound" |
(Alexander) Pope
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$400 |
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NAME THAT POET! |
2018-03-06 |
#7712 |
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Being called "a gargoyle of a man" / May have caused him to lose all hope / But his "Rape of the Lock" was good / He's... |
(Alexander) Pope
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DJ |
POEMS ON POETS |
2011-10-24 |
#6231 |
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In his "Essay on Man", he wrote, "Know then thy self presume not God to scan, the proper study of mankind is man" |
Alexander Pope
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$800 |
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BRITISH POETS |
2010-11-24 |
#6028 |
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"A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring" |
Alexander Pope
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$1,600 |
DJ |
NAME THE POET |
2007-12-04 |
#5347 |
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His name is a religious post & in "Essay on Man" he seeks to "vindicate the ways of God to Man" |
(Alexander) Pope
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$1,200 |
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BRITISH POETS & POETRY |
2004-05-19 |
#4548 |
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He dedicated "The Rape of the Lock" to Mrs. Arabella Fremor |
(Alexander) Pope
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$1,000 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1996-10-04 |
#2780 |
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He wrote a second mock epic, "The Dunciad", as well as "The Rape of the Lock" |
(Alexander) Pope
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$1,000 |
DJ |
EPIC POETS & POETRY |
1996-04-23 |
#2692 |
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His "An Essay on Criticism" includes the line "A little learning is a dangerous thing" |
(Alexander) Pope
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$1,000 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1995-06-08 |
#2494 |
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In 1712 he published his first version of "The Rape of the Lock" |
(Alexander) Pope
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$800 |
DJ |
POETS & POETRY |
1994-10-14 |
#2325 |
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The line "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" is from his "An Essay on Man" |
Alexander Pope
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$1,000 |
DJ |
POETS |
1994-06-20 |
#2271 |
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In 1714, two years after "The Rape of the Lock" was first published, he expanded it from 2 cantos to 5 |
Alexander Pope
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$1,000 |
DJ |
BRITISH POETS |
1993-11-18 |
#2119 |